What's an RX01 drive worth to a commercial user?

-----Original Message----- From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks(a)yahoo.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 3:19 PM Subject: Re: What's an RX01 drive worth to a commercial user? to can You have to pay something for the equipment.. more than the scrappers. You told me yourself you don't like to pay much for any of this equipment - and companies don't put up with that. I have dealt with many very large companies and they ALWAYS sell to the highest bidder (I haven't lost a system to a scrapper yet). If they still won't give up the equipment for scrap(never happened to me yet) then go to a local high school and get them to type up a request letter. I have NEVER had any corporation turn down a high school for scrap equipment. Generally you can work out in the letter that you will help the school get *some* of the equipment and make it useful for them to use. I had a case where Ontario Paper had not approved a piece of equipment for disposal yet. (a REAL old 1950's mini). After receiving the letter they released the mini to the school and asked me to take everything else in case I could make it run for other schools. Bottom line is if you get on the bidder list with the asset disposal people then you should never lose a system unless you are bidding too low. Companies do not care about "rescuing".....